Children from St Francis Boys Home in Shefford sent on to a life of ‘torture’ in Australia
BOYS as young as nine were shipped out from a former Catholic boys home to a life of abuse and torture in Australia. Bedfordshire Police are currently investigating claims of physical and sexual abuse at St Francis Boys Home in Shefford. The home was closed in 1973, in part due to concerns of abuse allegations. During the investigation police heard that some boys were
sent to Bindoon, a notorious town in Western Australia. The youngsters
were sent over there in the late 1940s and early 1950s, where they
endured a life of back-breaking work and both physical and sexual abuse
that some have said amounted to torture.
